catch at

verb

caught at; catching at; catches at
: to reach for and try to hold (something)
The baby caught at my dress as I walked past.

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Luis Campusano’s two-out double that inning gave the Padres their first runner in scoring position, but that was followed by Xander Bogaerts’ fly ball caught at the track by right fielder Corbin Carroll. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026 Rodriguez’s return was delayed by an eight-month stint in a Mexican prison after he was caught at the border with marijuana. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 That included a nice defensive play by Randal Grichuk, who made a leaping catch at the left-field wall for the first out of the fourth inning. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 Pauly noticed that each generation of fishermen looks to the catch at the beginning of their fishing career to establish their sense of normal—without recognizing that their normal, their baseline, would be considered meager by previous generations. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for catch at

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“Catch at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20at. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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